Example sentences of "have [pos pn] [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 Being a lapsed nob has its compensations for Bubbles when young Sloane wife Phoebe Fenton ( Francesca Brill ) refuses to leave the compound after a fortnight of sleeping with him , much to the chagrin of hubby Ian ( Gareth Forwood ) .
2 The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness .
3 But the Phnom Penh government also has its reasons for favouring instability .
4 ‘ The deployment of sexuality has its reasons for being , not in reproducing itself , but in proliferating , innovating , annexing , creating , and penetrating bodies in an increasingly detailed way , and in controlling populations in an increasingly comprehensive way . ’
5 This liberal attitude has its benefits for the university .
6 This has its advantages for the mother .
7 Overlooking the Daily Express building has its advantages for Drury House staff .
8 This necessity of the pace of social and industrial change has its implications for teaching method : the student must increasingly develop and practise the skills of enquiry and discovery , in order to experience the confidence and pleasure of it and to be able to make fullest use of " recurrent education " possibilities and requirements in later life .
9 However , Sage feels the system has its attractions for small businesses , particularly if they intend to network Sage software and want guarantees of system compatibility .
10 Oh , I 've had my suspicions for a while now , not that I was the only one .
11 Nevertheless the serial monogamy of kings is likely to have had its implications for the rivalries between their heirs .
12 Both the Winchester Housing Trust and the St. Mary Church Association had had their plans for low cost housing in the village refused .
13 As Miles has said , the Whistler 's had his kicks for tonight . ’
14 ‘ If she finds me with you she 'll have my eyes for marbles . ’
15 Otherwise my people will have my balls for breakfast .
16 If Jake found out he would have her guts for garters !
17 Thorfinn would have his reasons for whatever he did .
18 Whatever you do do n't go charging down to Colchester they 'll have your guts for garters .
19 By the third day I expect third-years to work alone , and if you slip up , gal , I 'll have your guts for garters !
20 I shall have your guts for garters one day .
21 ‘ About letting us have your papers for the Sir Edward Prendergast Collection and the Lady Prendergast Collection — the Emily Firle Collection . ’
22 ‘ If you 're pissed , man , I 'll have your balls for breakfast . ’
23 Mind now — drop that bale and the captain 'll have your ears for belt buckles !
24 ‘ Just let Bill hear you say you 're the hostess and he 'll have your ears for horse blinkers .
25 By June 1990 a total of 95,000 Germans had their applications for citizenship approved by the West German embassy in Bucharest , while the mayor of Sibiu , Mircea Tomas , was reported by Tanjug as saying during a visit to Belgrade that the German community in Romania had fallen to only 80,000 .
26 Colin 's friends David Higgins , of Alder Road , Stockton , and Stephen Lea , of Diamond Road , Thornaby , also had their convictions for killing widow Mrs Simpson quashed by the three appeal judges .
27 Internationalists had their explanations for that , of course , but these failed to carry conviction in the face of the facts .
28 Aye they had their places for .
29 Sports reporting certainly had its difficulties for the live commentator , who might be held up to ridicule for a lapse of sense or grammar in the heat of the moment .
30 Certainly the role of Cassandra had its temptations for him , especially towards the end of his life .
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